Concrete vault construction



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n 11?" 1 n n n W 11 I so a v is One of the; particnlar leatflrefsofj-the in?- ventionlies in providlng amargmal recess eral groove Patented Dec. 14, 19 26 AL -near w. rmznn, or CLEVELAND, 0310..

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' Aip1i1icationfiIediNavember'm, 1924. Serial: Nor-MQGSG;

I This invention relatesto concrete grave vaults] and the general object is to. provide a simply made, strong and durable grave vault which withstand the corrosive effects of burial in, the earth, more: specific object is to. provide; a seal for, a

grave. vault which may beuformed, or plastio. mineral material'but' whichwill not beirr.

reinforced hydraulic concrete and Ifpreterably fiormf both the vault. cover in substantialiy; reetilinear" figures. The vault body is: in the nature: of an oblong box hav recessed. corners tonfacilitate lifting the vault by means or strapsandthereby ob;- viate the necessity for handles. The cover is; in. the natnreqofi a flat, slab: having a groove about its under margin. The; groove, is preferably made by a rabbet overhung-by a. :metalmadesnbstantially the samearea as the top of thefvanltt between the top of the body andt he .iinder face of the cover, preferably a deeper intermediate portion of; the top groove, where by, when the plastic material forming the seal isqput inplace and the cover lowered onto thevenlt',the deeper groove will hold enou-gh 'of the plastic materialto formm perfectseal evenif the materialinthe genhas beenextruded therefromby the weight: of earth resting upon the cover.

- Another ieatnre of theinvention is the manner "inwhichlI attach the above mentioned ,ban'clito'thebover which generally consists. oijpartiall-y shearing and bending inwardly portions of: the band members. Thesebent in portionsare irregular in conton-r to. insure a firm, embracing by the conorete when set.

The manner whereby'I have attainedthe b above" objects willbecome more apparent in the following description which pertains to the accompanyrng members in; place, the; moldfor holding the members and receiving; the concrete being band; whereby the cover I may be V suchdrawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred iorm of my: inventionl The; essential characteristics be,

summarized in the; claims. 7 v

Inthe. drawings L a perspective; or my assembled grave vault, a portion of the cover or lid being: broken away ;Fiig., 23

l is a bottomplan view offthe lid; Fig 3" is a fragmentary perspective of the band corn-- struction,..a portionolf, the: corner formed I by the: vends of two band members being shown in broken lines; Fig. 4: is a, firagmeri erossssection. throrrghthe, margin of the cover of thebox withthe sealing} material 111 place, as indicat-edby the lineage-Axon Eigj 7 Fig. isa similarcrossesection show- 4 the 11d resting on the-brim oi theva'n'litproperyFigi. 6. ardiagrammaticaview si-m-J or the deepergroove inlthe, sealing channel; Fig, 7 1s. a d1agramlnait-ioview oi the band il-ar to Figs. 5' illustrating; the sealingIe-fi'ect shown in. brolgenflines; Fig '8 isa trag- 7' mentally cross-section thronghthemold; a portion of the cover as'indieated by the line 8,8-o-a1i"ig; 7;; v

a The VWIltJWhiGh-QI-ShOW isthatlrnown as aitop seal. vault ithe body oi which; cone prises anoblong container 1; having a brim I 2,,"side and end walls P OD (not shown) The oorners, or. the

lower abntments; 6-. The corners formed by these abn'tmentsserve in theplace ofhand-les whereby a con tlBLLOHS; strap indicated in broken lines at, S may be usedin the man nor indicated'jtolift' the; entire vault; Op-

crating; means such as{ hooks may engage reinforced by metal members in; any manner;

My vault coveriswell ply formed as shown in Figs. 'Z' and 8,;i pon':

tached side boards C i which may be heldin 3 and lean-clabottom p 7 2r strap;on opposite sides as etqS- for raising and lowering vault. The. vault proper itisto'be understoodmay besnitably la flat 'slablor block :to which may beWat1-f160 gated strip; 10 from wbieh are partiall-y right angles, the inner end portion l2.,serv;- ingjto rigidly the 1connecting port on '13 spf spfficient hold the bands in place while preferred; cover band oonsi-stswot,an elon;

sheared irregular shaped, portionsv shaped as shown which portions-vare bent I j, inwardly shownin; Fig. 3, preterablyat van-1t vare shown-beveled Qaksat 5-,,the I a beveled surfieees-terminating in upper and upon the other.

area to prevent the removal of the band by either force or-corrosion before the seal has entirely set. forming the cover substantially fills the apertures 11 from which the material is removed to form the members 11, hence no undesirable appearance is given the cover and the attaching point of the member is further insulated from corrosion.

The extreme ease with which the cover maybe formed and removed to a different location for setting after it has partially hardened will be evident from Figs. 7 and 8 wherein the top of the stationary mould block B may be formed of a metal sheet B having a plurality of inserts B formed at the edge thereof. About the margin of this plate '15 is a continuous rib member F having a raised central portion, substantially circular in form as shown at G. This member F is separated from the general extent of the rib directly above the inserts B Themember F serves to support the band or more properly strip members 10 in place previous to the pouring 'of*the concrete. Afterthe concrete is poured and leveled off at the'top as shown in Fig. 8 and allowed to set, the side boards 0 are removed and hooks 8 may be inserted in the opening 0 in the block or base B to a position beneath the insert and the whole cover may be removed to a different portion of the building where a number of covers may be piled one By forming the band 10in separate sections-as shown, a true corner may be formed which will not chip of as would concrete alone. Moreover, I have found that it is very difficult to form a bent strip in a single plane to produce a fiat cover, the difliculty being that either theends or corners of an L or rectilinear shaped strip have a tendency to stand higher or lower than the general plane of the strip. 7 The arrangement of the members 11 shown may be of course varied to give a better support at the corners, but as a matter of fact I have found that the members need not be very close to th'ecor- 11ers to efi'ectively hold the strips in'place.

Suitable reinforcement for the vault cover is o'f-course providedand this reinforcement may hook over the inner ends of the mem-' bers 11 to hold it in place and give it the trussed effect common to concrete reinforcement construction. 1 7 To seal the cover on the vault, the substantially rectangular recess 15 and the curved recess formed by, the rib F of the mold is substantially filled with a plastic mineral material about as shown in Fig. 4 previous to placing the cover on the vault, the sealing elfects. obtained when the cover is placed thereon being shown in Fig. 5." Inthis figure it will be noted that the over-all width of the recess 15 'is slightlygreaterthan the When poured, the concrete thickness of the vault wall 2and beveled for draft from the mold. I have found that this facilitates moulding as well as placing the cover on the vault without danger of sealing material to escape in any appreciable quantity while it is in the process of setting. However, if the concrete does become chipped or if the cover plate'is shifted so that all of the aperture is at one side and the sealing material should be extruded from the cavity, there would still remain suflic-ient sealing material in the deeper re-. cess as shown in Fig. 6 to effect and maintain a perfect seal so long as the vault lasts.

It will be seen that T have provided a grave vault which may be very easily and cheaply formed in which a very efiective seal is provided which will effectively close the vault to corrosive agencies for an indefinite period' and in which the band for holding the seal in place may be cheaply made capable of resistingcorrosion for an adequate length of time. It is to be underearth the forces. tending to eXtrude the sealing material out of the recess are continuallydiminished by reason of the earth becoming packed about the vault. The band will then be held in positionby the earth untilcompletely corroded away and until the rust and earth entirely replace it in the function of retaining the seal. V.

r lesired i may prolong the 'lifeofthe members 11 by making them T-shaped at both ends or of any other irregularshape; that of a T being preferred by reason of being easy to bend up from the body of the strip. 7 V V c .Having thus described my invention, I claim: p p 13A grave vault member having a continuous recess "about the margin thereof, acontinuousgroove within said'recess and separated from the-sides thereof whereby when the recess containsplastic sealing ma;

terial and coacts'with another vault mem-I her, the seal formed between the members is maintained by the plastic material enire trapped in the groove by the coacting mem-' ber irrespective of members. V i

2. A grave vault cover comprising a-body portionhaving a shoulder at its margin for pressure between the two engaging the brim of a vault, band about the periphery of the cover for forming a substantially continuous recess about the lower margin of the cover, and mea ns including irregularly formed portions par.-

tially sheared from the strip and each pro? 'jecting inwardly/in a single plane disposed at intervals along the band whereby the V band in placed material forming the covermay hold the" 3. In a grave vault in combination, a

( cover adapted to be formedjfrom concrete having a rabbet at theedge thereof a'band extending around the cover and overlying the rabbet whereby a channel is formed and a continuous groove separated from the fi'sidesof the chann'ehjsaid channel and groove bemg adapted to receive plastic-seallng ma -c terial. r 7 v a,

4. A-grave vault having contlnuous side and end walls, a cover therefor having a re cess adjacent said side and end Walls and coextensive with the upper surface thereof, said recess being Wider'than the vault Wall to provide" adequate clearance when. the coveris put intoIplace, and a'continuous groove in the bottom of the recess whereby sealing material Which isplaced Withinthe recess and between the cover and vaultiv'all will beentrappedin-the groove in a con tinuous strip irrespective'of the extrusion of the sealing material from the general re cess consequent upon downward pressure on the cover.,

5. A concrete grave vault member having a marginal recess, another concrete member having a brim portion of slightly less Wldth' than the recess and a' groovefi'n one of said members positioned between the sides of the recess whereby plastlc sealing material' may .be retained between the'two members substantially surrounded by concrete on all ALBERT W. TINKER. 

